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Going to the wall

Learning with e's

In a previous post entitled Learning spaces of the third kind I outlined a project to establish an experimental learning space. It's called the eXSpace and will be a showcase for a range of new and emerging technologies, a place to study new pedagogies and a sandpit to try out new ideas and methods.

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False frontiers

Learning with e's

However, as we become increasingly connected to each other through technology, and our social ties strengthen, so there is greater scope for students to learn together, sharing their resources and ideas, and approaching their study collaboratively. Collaborative learning does not undermine or contradict personalised learning.

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6 interactive whiteboard tips

Learning with e's

Photo by David Goehring on Flickr In my last post, entitled Cinderella Technology , I wrote about the tremendous potential of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and highlighted some of the reasons why it often fails to be realised in school classrooms. Exeter: Learning Matters. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning in round spaces

Learning with e's

Plymouth University''s Immersive Vision Theatre Traditionally, classrooms have been rectangular. Situating learning in rectangular spaces naturally promotes some forms of pedagogy at the expense of others. Situating learning in rectangular spaces naturally promotes some forms of pedagogy at the expense of others.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with e's

The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973. I was studying at college and a man in a white coat wheeled a television and video player into the room. Today, video use in the classroom is more commonplace. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Imagined worlds

Learning with e's

One of the new skills that teachers will need to master in the future will be the ability to manage virtual learning spaces. Learning always takes place in the mind of the learner, but the formalised activities of learning have never been confined to the classroom. They are bounded by walls, rules and conventions.

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Misplaced ICT

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In essence, the way it is conventionally deployed negates much of the potential of ICT, and unless there is a dramatic reappraisal, we won't be witnessing much in the way of learning gains in schools. Here's my argument in two points: My first argument is that ICT is almost always delivered in schools as if it were a subject to be studied.

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